Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/37

Date: 14 January 1666

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Concerning Hooke's pendulum clock and his machine for grinding lenses; that Monsieur Son's still works on his parabolic lenses for telescopes and that he has presented his portable watches to the court; observations of a spot on Jupiter made by Cassini, Hooke and Auzout

Reference number: EL/O1/37
Earliest possible date: 14 January 1666
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London, 14 January 1666, EL/O1/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_37/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-christian-huygens-dated-at-london, accessed on 20 January 2026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters O1 (Oldenburg)
1663-1669 Reference number: EL/O1

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Christiaan Huygens
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Henry Oldenburg
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